How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to Folger's online edition.
Quote #10
HERMIA
Why are you grown so rude? What change is this,
Sweet love?
LYSANDER
Thy love! Out, tawny Tartar, out!
Out, loathèd med'cine! O hated potion, hence! (3.2.172-175)
In this play, female characters have a harder time accepting the transformation of their loved ones. Here Hermia refuses to believe Lysander does not lover her, and earlier Helena had difficulty comprehending Demetrius's change of affections.